Meagan Brown

Fighter asks the tough, awkward, and infrequent questions about mental health to three generations of firefighters. Home movies and impromptu conversations are woven into interviews in this deeply personal reflection on intergenerational connection, trauma and coping, and how expectations of masculinity in firefighting have an impact on mental health.

A young finger puppet retrieves a lost letter written by her deceased brother while her parents struggle to cope with their grief.